The US has quietly cautioned Russia about the repercussions of using nuclear weapons.
Authorities claim that the United States has been subtly warning the Kremlin about the consequences of using a nuclear weapon in their conflict with Ukraine for months. According to unnamed sources who spoke to The Washington Post, the White House intentionally avoided stating what those repercussions would be to raise anxiety among Russian leaders, a tactic known as "strategic ambiguity" in nuclear deterrence. In an interview with CBS's "60 minutes" on Sunday, President Biden emphasized his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to deploy nuclear weapons and urged him not to "alter the face of war." “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. When host Scott Pelley asked for a message to Putin on WMDs, Biden responded, "You will transform the face of war unlike anything since World War II. The U.S. response to Russian nuclear weapons use, Biden continued, "would depend on the extent Man Who Made $95 million in 2008 Reveals New Prediction Ad...